37 million people have already voted — here's what the data say

[applegrove]

by Michelle Mark at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/early-voting-results-for-presidential-election-2016-2016-11

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With just four days to go until Election Day, early voting data show that Hillary Clinton may have an advantage in the battleground state of Nevada, while Donald Trump carries more of an edge in Iowa.

States like Florida, North Carolina, and Ohio, on the other hand, are shaping up to be much tighter races.

At least 37 million people have already cast ballots, either in person or by mail, as of mid-day Friday, according to the US Elections Project, which is updated multiple times per day and run by University of Florida professor Michael McDonald.

A wave of early voting by Latinos is boosting expectations that Clinton will have a strong showing in states such as Arizona, Florida, and Nevada, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.

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[applegrove]

1. Latino votes 'off the charts' in Florida

[Doctor Jack]

3. No, its a tie and Hillary is very worried

I know its true, Andrea Mitchell told me so

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. That fucking garden gnome needs to retire..... yesterday. nt

[RAFisher]

4. Steve Schale points out how Hispanic is self reported and is actually under reported in the stats

First, through Wednesday, 170,000 more Hispanics had voted early (or VBM) in 2016 than voted early or by VBM in the entire 2012 cycle. And keep in mind, because Hispanic is a self-identifying marker, studies have found that the real Hispanic vote is larger than the registration. So while Hispanics might make up 14.2% of the voters who have voted so far, in reality, the number is larger.

http://steveschale.com/blog/2016/11/4/it-is-friday-somewhere-and-that-somewhere-is-2016-election.html

Then you have cases like my girlfriend who is of Brazilian decent. She's Latino but not Hispanic. So tracking non-Hispanic Latinos is harder to find in the statistics.

[uponit7771]

2. wow... more people voting = Great for America...good for dems